Special Issues:

Educating for Sustainability and CSR: What is the role of business schools?
Volume 17/5

General issue + Stability & Change section
Volume 17/4

Social Responsiblity, Philanthropy and Entrepreneurship in the Sports Industry
Volume 16/4

Corporate Governance: Structure, Process, Practice
Volume 16/2

Profitable Margins: Gender and Diversity Informing Management and Organizational Studies
Volume 15/5

Family Business: Theory and Practice
Volume15/3                                                         

Re-conceiving the Artful in Management Development and Education
Volume 14/5

Achieving Work-Life Balance
Volume 14/3

Services Marketing: Linking the Employee-Customer Interface
Volume 14/2

Australasian Entrepreneurship
Volume 13/4

Global Service Sector Management
Volume 13/2

Managing Emotions and Conflict in the Workplace
Volume 12/2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Volume 15, Issue 4 (September 2009)
Peter J Jordan (2009). Emotional intelligence in teams: Development and initial validation of the Short Version of the Workgroup Emotional Intelligence Profile (WEIP-S) Journal of Management & Organization: Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 452-469.
doi: 10.5172/jmo.15.4.452

Emotional intelligence in teams: Development and initial validation of the Short Version of the Workgroup Emotional Intelligence Profile (WEIP-S)


Peter J Jordan

Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Nathan QLD


KEYWORDS: emotions, emotional intelligence, emotional awareness, emotional management, teams, measurement



Abstract

Research reveals that emotional intelligence is an important factor in predicting performance in teams. In this article, we initially outline a theoretical model for examining emotional intelligence in teams. Using this model, we test a short version (16 items) of the self-report Workgroup Emotional Intelligence Profile (WEIP).

Evidence from three studies supports this model. Two samples of 620 and 217 employees support the hypothesized structure of the WEIP-S. Four distinct constructs were derived: Awareness of own emotions; Management of own emotions; Awareness of others' emotions; and Management of others' emotions.

The WEIP-Short Version (WEIP-S) scale, therefore, is based on abilities that are vital during the interaction of team members. Data from 99 employees provide evidence of test-retest stability for the WEIP-S across three time periods. Limitations and potential uses in management research for this short-version scale are discussed.